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Title:PISTOL, SEMI-AUTOMATIC -  POLISH PISTOL M35 (P35(p)) 9MM SN# T0806
Maker/Manufacturer:WILNEWCZYC & SKRZYPINSKI
Date of Manufacture:1939-1944
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:SPAR 987
Measurements:OL: 20.5CM 8 1/8" BL: 12CM 4 3/4"

Object Description:

POLISH PISTOL M35 (P35(p)) 9MM SN# T0806
Manufactured by Fabryka Broni, Radom, Poland - Standard Polish M35 adopted by Germans as P35(p). Recoil-operated, with 8-round, single-column, detachable box magazine. Weapon nickel-plated after the war. Utilizes Browning Hi-power locking system. Pitted. Right grip cracked. Complete and in fair condition.

Markings:
Frame: T0806. Left side: Eagle/77.
Slide: F.B. RADOM VIS MOD. 35 PAT. NR. 15567. German acceptance stamp. Eagle/623/Eagle/77.
Grips: FB. Right side: VIS.

Weapon transferred to the Museum from the Aberdeen Museum on 30 March 1960.

Notes: “Vis (Polish designation pistolet wz. 35 Vis, German designation 9mm Pistole 35(p), often simply called the Radom in English sources) is a 9mm caliber, single-action, semi-automatic pistol. Originally designed by Piotr Wilneiewczyc and Jan Skruzypinski in 1930, it was adopted in 1936 as the standard handgun of the Polish Army. Considered by many to be one of the finest handguns ever produced, it is highly prized among collectors of firearms….
After the Polish defeat in 1939, the Germans took over the Radom Armory and continued production of the Vis under the new name of 9mm Pistole 35 (p). Up to 1945, between 312,000 and 380,000 were produced and used by the German paratroopers and police.
Fearing that Polish technicians working the Armory might supply the Home Army with the weapons, the Germans moved production of barrels to the Steyr works in Austria. However, underground production of Vis barrels was started in Warsaw, and several hundred Vis pistols were delivered to the Home Army and used extensively during the Warsaw Uprising, among others. In 1944, all production was moved to the Steyr works in Austria. The Vis remained in production until April 1945. Vis pistols made after 1939 were issued in four different series, each with small modifications to simplify production. Generally, the wartime Vis were of much lower quality than the original, and further degrading towards the end of the war.
After the war, the production of the pistol was not continued, as the army of the People’s Republic of Poland used the Soviet TT-33 pistol, considered by many to be inferior to the Vis.” – http://en.wilkipedia.org/wiki/Vis_(weapon)

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